Community

At the Academy St James we place great importance on trying to work with and support the community in which we are lucky enough to serve. Our core values of: community, peace, respect, forgiveness, courage and trust shape our daily work and this is all driven by desire to work with and support our local community.

In the last 2 years we have developed a programme of community events which include:

1. A spooky ball
2. A community firework display
3. A community Christmas Extravaganza
4. A community writing competition
5. Our community Eid Party
5. A community picnic on the last day of term
6. A whole school trip out – this year we went to Filey and it was fantastic! What an amazing day!

We also come together at Thornton Church 4 times a year and work with a number of local organisations such as:
1. Cafe West- http://www.cafewest.org.uk/
2. A local Nursing Home
3. Pitty Beck- Www.bradford-beck.org
4. Lower Grange

As a school we have worked hard with our parents and we run a number of parent workshops which have been very successful. They include:
1. NESSIE- A programme to support mums
2. ESOL- this support through Bradford College
3. Henry programme- this is to support parents around healthy living and eating
4. Regular coffee mornings
5. Our Forest School project with Phil Lowde –http://www.bearandlapor.co.uk/

                     We believe that we work in a wonderful, caring and talented community and it is our job to learn and grow as a school community everyone in it.

Below are a selection of photos and video from our Community Events: